Feria del Barrio parties through the rain
The 31st annual celebration.
Despite rain showers and doomsday clouds on Sunday, Feria del Barrio ("the neighborhood fair") took over Philadelphia's famed Centro de Oro on N. 5th Street. The crowd paled in comparison to last year's event, but you wouldn't know it by the several hundred attendees who danced and celebrated through the afternoon.
It marked the festival's 31st celebration, brought to the community by Taller Puertorriqueño, Congreso, GALAEI, HACE and Raíces Culturales.
Umbrellas were only up for less than an hour.
A woman on stilts entertains the crowd.
State Rep. Leslie Acosta about to go on stage.
Showing some flair.
Kids' corner outside of Taller Puertorriqueño.
In the "top five t-shirts" at the feria.
Writer and director Nicole Ayers talks about the upcoming short film series at Taller Puertorriqueno.
Bikers on foot.
Hace CEO Maria Gonzales receives a $100,000 check from the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation.
Local artisan vendors share their wares.
As soon as the rain stops, State Rep. and 7th Ward Leader Angel Cruz raises the Puerto Rican flag to signal in the annual coming of the Puerto Rican Pride Parade.
Congreso CEO Cynthia F. Figueroa and Rafael E. Alvarez, the community relations liaison for Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez.
Rain officially over. Dancing officially begins.
And doesn't stop.
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